as per summer tradition i signed jack up for swimming lesson and to my surprise he is doing great. i elected to go the private lesson route because jack is not afraid of the water at all and i was afraid he would just jump in while the teacher wasn't paying attention. we've had 4 lessons so far and he gets better everytime. he only had one lesson where he cried the whole time, not because he was scared but because he just woke up in a bad mood that morning. it is awesome to see his natural instincts kicking in. when he goes under water he knows to "kick" to the surface and he is learning that if he falls in he needs to swim to the wall. i'm really happy with his teacher, she works really well with him and he trusts her which is huge. jack will even "jump" off the diving board on his own to his teacher. i'm glad i have a little swimmer boy because that is what i love to do. i can't have a kid who can't swim, that is just unheard of in my family. needless to say we have a ways to go but i'm really proud of him.
he actually goes off by himself, john is just there to make sure he clears the board.
back floats are a little ruff. he tends to get really tense and won't relax his arms, but we are making progress.
after every lesson jack gets to bask in his accomplishments with a lollipop.
5 comments:
Way to go Jack!
Jack I'm so impressed. I can't wait to have a siwm party!!!
Yay for swimming!
that is so cool! i need to get jos in!! what a great accom[lishment!!
Pretty sad that I'm more afraid of water than a 4 year old boy.. I wish I had some of that braveness and natural instinct! Are you coming to St. George soon? Pa Everett mentioned you may be... Can't wait to see you!
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